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"We'll just fix that in post!" has always been the rallying cry for filmmakers in the middle of a troubled production. Unfortunately, sometimes things have a nasty habit of actually getting broken in post-production, usually thanks to studio interference. Victims include ... I Am Legend
The Way It Was Supposed To Be:
In the film's original ending, Neville is trapped as vampires break through his barricades and infiltrate his hideout (who would have guessed that locking yourself in an enclosed space in the middle of a city full of vampires would turn out to be a bad idea?). Then, this happens:
Yeah. In the original, the vampires are revealed to be thinking, benevolent creatures who were merely attempting to rescue a vampire that Neville had captured earlier.
Not only does the book end in a similar way, but it in fact was the entire freaking point of the book. That's where the title "I Am Legend" came from, Neville's realization at the end that the vampires were the good guys and that he was the monster of their legends, since he had been mindlessly driving stakes through their heart at every opportunity. Maybe a title like So I'm The Asshole would have been clearer.
The "Improved" Version:
This brings up the other problem, which is that all of the little hints that had been inserted along the way indicating the creatures had intelligence (the complex traps they set, the same creature reappearing in some kind of leadership role) are completely ignored. In the new ending, the vampires are mindless savages with no other purpose but general horror movie mayhem.
Perhaps the saddest thing about all this is that it shows that no one involved really believed in the message of the final product. They didn't produce a film in order to convey any kind message, they just strung together a bunch of cool scenes and called it a movie. One more reason why audience feedback isn't always the best guide, as anyone who has read YouTube comments will happily tell you.
Where you can find the original:
Superman II
The Way It Was Supposed To Be:
Most of Superman II was actually shot at the same time as the original, by Donner. Donner was more of the Christopher Nolan school of superhero movies, rather than the Joel Schumacher one, meaning he didn't see the need for a lot of goofball camp in his superhero movies. He even brought on his own writer on both films to smooth out the most retarded parts of the scripts.
This all worked great, except for the fact that the producers hated Donner's guts, though probably not as much as he hated theirs. He was booted off the project with 75 percent of the film shot.
The "Improved" Version:
For some reason, Lester thought it would be a good idea to splice slapstick comedy scenes that played like rejected America's Funniest Home Videos clips into the vicious superhero battle. So, when the bad guys unleash their super breath on the city, we are treated to a shot of an ice cream cone flying into a dude's face.
Is it unfair to say that everything that was good about Superman II was due to Donner, and that all of the goofy parts were Lester's fault? Let's put it this way: When Lester was finally given control of an entire film from the start, he gave the world Superman III.
Where you can find the original:
Unfortunately, because not all of the scenes were filmed, Donner was forced to cobble together old unused shots and test footage to fill in the gaps, and it's pretty noticeable at times.
Dawn of the Dead
The Way It Was Supposed To Be:
In the film's original climax, the main characters, realizing that they will never truly be safe, choose to commit suicide rather than join the legions of the walking dead. The film was to conclude with a haunting final shot of our heroine Fran shoving her head into her helicopter's propeller. This was of course an allegory for America's failing educational system. It also is the way that, in our opinion, most movies should end.
The "Improved" Version:
... then suddenly, Peter changes his mind for no reason at all and easily fights his way back to the helicopter, with heroic trumpets blaring in the background the entire time.
Apparently, the studio opted to go with the less depressing ending, in which our heroes are condemned to spend the rest of their lives in a post-apocalyptic wasteland dominated by murderous reanimated cadavers. The 2004 remake reveals a major plot hole in the film's revised closing sequence: Why did they fight their way through those zombies when the obvious solution would be to simply construct an indestructible tank and some make explosives out of everyday materials?
Where you can find the original:
Live Free or Die Hard
The Way It Was Supposed To Be:
The "Improved" Version:
The result? The new McClane was so tame that he couldn't even say his famous catchphrase. Blood splatters were digitally removed (and taking the blood out of a Die Hard movie is like taking the blood out of a vampire movie). We're predicting that by the time that Live Free or Die Even Harderer comes out, McClane will be fighting terrorists (or are they?) while armed solely with walkie-talkies.
Where you can find the original:
Yes, they still have the scene where a car flies into a helicopter and yes, the plot still makes no sense. But you'll be surprised at how adding the grit back in makes it feel so much more like a Die Hard movie. Blade Runner
The Way It Was Supposed To Be:
In the film's original bittersweet conclusion, Rick Deckard chooses to harbor a renegade android, even though she will soon face an electric sheepless sleep of death.
The original film also contains implications that the main character might himself be a replicant, a twist so creative and shocking that we can forgive it for not making any goddamned sense at all.
The "Improved" Version:
The narration also reveals that Deckard's robotic lover Rachael was not programmed to self-terminate, and they both got to live happily ever after until they both rode off into Heaven on a unicorn.
Where you can find the original:
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"Sahara" was another one of those movies with an ending changed so much that it isn't the same story anymore. The story came form a book by Clive Cussler that is based around an Abraham Lincoln death conspiracy. The movie? Based around treasure! (Because that's never been done before) The author actually attempted to sue the producers when they re-wrote the ending and cut out all the parts about the main plot. Sadly, he lost, and now we have what was an awesome action hero and deep storyline turned into Mathew McConaghey and a treasure hunt.
I've never seen the Blade Runner theatrical cut, and I never want to. I love the director's cut!
I never will understand how they got "Blade Runner" from "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" The movie is NOTHING like the book... the book is an existential contemplation of consciousness and what it is to take care of/rely on another being.
Argh...a butchering of Phil Dick's novel.
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Well you are alone in thinking that. Even the author is on record as saying the film ending is better.
And the book ending would have been crap in a movie:
1. The villian gets away.
2. It (from a film point of view) be a MASSIVE set up for a part 2.
I'm really disappointed that Fight Club wasn't on here.
I threw something at the screen when I saw the ending that they "fixed".
another interpretation of 'I Am Legend' the movie is as follows:
In most fantasy/adventure stories, the main characters have to journey a certain distance in order to find the thing that they are looking for or need to survive. Along the way, the hero's will usually run into danger of some kind, and an ogre/other type of character are needed in order to help them complete their journey. In the case of 'I Am Legend,' Will's Smith's character is that ogre/helper character. We only see him perform experiments, return videos, go hunting, pump gas, all very mundane things that a person all alone would probably have to do. Then the real hero's show up (woman and kid), Will Smith helps them out and sacrifices himself so that the hero's can get to where they were needed, with the right supply (the antidote) and humanity can endure.
I know that it's a different ending from the book, but this movie is basically that instead. I still don't know why the original ending wouldn't have worked though...
I'm extremely happy to hear that I Am Legend was not, in fact, supposed to end like it did in the theatrical version, that version sucked ASS, and ruined the movie for me.
I saw the commercial with the missing parts first, and I noticed how the creatures were actually being led during the movie. I saw the signs of where the plot was heading, and I couldn't wait for it to come full circle...
But no, we get the stupid f*****g suicide ending, with the dumb b***h and her dumb kid surviving to an uninteresting ending.
That's stupid s**t ruined the movie for me, but now that I heard of this, I'm definitely going to go buy the right version.
Thanks a million, Cracked.
(BTW, I love the fact that Willy's grenade took out EVERY SINGLE VAMPIRE/ZOMBIE IN THE CITY, ALLOWING THE GIRL AND THE KID TO LEAVE UNHARMED)
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in dawn of the dead why do the zombies have guns?
The book's pretty short. Reading it actually improves the movie because Dick really gets into the "what really makes us human?" theme that is most of the stuff he writes.
However, I'm upset that you didn't bother to mention the best part of BR: Olmos! And more importantly Olmos' 'Stache.
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Was hoping to see Brazil on this list... that movie got notoriously mangled in post-production: compare original intent version to the "Love Conquers All" version. Thankfully Gilliam's original version is relatively easy to obtain.